Most Americans don’t have faith that their political leaders care what they have to say. So, we asked them what messages they'd have for Trump and Democratic leaders if they did have the chance to speak their mind. New polling here: www.cnn.com/2025/12/24/p...

Years before Epstein investigated in Fla., police got tip about Ghislaine Maxwell

Journalism is supposed to “afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted,” but Bari Weiss has it backwards. My new column https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/23/bari-weiss-60-minutes-cecot-episode-censorship?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Everyone who canceled their Post subscriptions because they’re mad at Jeff Bezos should resubscribe for @hannahnatanson.bsky.social wapo.st/3LjmYCV

Guys. I crushed my reading goal: reading [any] books that I really enjoyed! Some highlights!

New: We obtained thousands of internal chat messages from the ICE team creating viral videos of raids and "EPIC takedowns." A scramble to satisfy the White House and "feed the beast" spawned a new "propaganda" machine, current and former officials told us. "It's a war!" wapo.st/4s6YnC5

Three days after releasing a large tranche of Jeffrey Epstein documents that contained few mentions of President Trump, the DoJ disclosed thousands more files that included wide-ranging references to the president. www.washingtonpost.com/nation...

Thanked the dentist's office for having a 100% Whitney Houston playlist for the entirety of my visit. Only divas.

‪“Even off duty, Ms. Soskin was devoted to wearing her ranger uniform.‬ ‪‘When I’m on the streets or on an escalator or elevator, I am making every little girl of color aware of a career choice she may not have known she had.’”‬ ‪The full obit here:‬

Incredible obituary in NYT for Betty Reid Soskin, who served as a National Park Service ranger until age 100 and witnessed so much in her life. Her great grandma was born into slavery. Then she stood with America’s first black president. “What could be more American than that?”

@sarahkaplan48.bsky.social @johnmuyskens.bsky.social @danielwolfe.bsky.social & Kevin Crowe wrote this amazing story about NYC’s flooding subway system www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

@ktumulty.bsky.social writes so eloquently when others do not

Government’s historic role as trusted information source is under threat

Everyone in this story 💗

Chart: Executive orders, by presidential term In less than a year, Trump has issued more executive orders than any other recent president did over the course of a full four-year term. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Please keep this in mind every time you post "Why isn't this a bigger story?" amid a sea of 2 million potential stories every single day

Around the time of the shooting at Bondi Beach, Ahmed al-Ahmed planned to meet a friend for coffee and was shocked to see men firing their weapons at civilians — then he sprang into action. wapo.st/49cIMt4

Energy bills in US have increased 13% since Trump took office, new report says

He did it! 💯

“Audiobook length: There isn’t one, but you could probably find a sad young literary man who would read it to you while chain smoking.” 😆

This Post Reports episode featuring a doctor and patient navigating vaccine skepticism is a testament to the power of human connection and the importance of trusted voices in our misinformation era. An AI-generated "podcast" could never measure up. www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/pos...

Do you have this truck? My local dry cleaner had a robbery this week and they broke this, the owner’s favorite decoration. She’s so sad! I’ll buy it from you if you have it. It has to be the Ballard Designs one, though. She said the others aren’t as cute. www.ballarddesigns.com/vintage-truc...

Oh my god, my favorite story of the year just got a new adorable update!!!

The Shamwow guy is running for Congress in Texas. The Mypillow guy is running for governor in Minnesota. You just couldn't make 2025 up, and there are still more than two weeks to go.

A member of parliament from the right-wing Alternative for Germany party (AfD) was sure his presentation to the State Department would be canceled after news broke of a Nazi-linked serenade. Then he got a phone call from a senior State Dept. staffer... www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

This is so cool! @emmakumer.bsky.social @geoffreyfowler.bsky.social & Leslie Shapiro

In a stealth upset, Democrat Eric Gisler flips a GOP-held Georgia House seat spanning parts of Athens and Oconee County. Gisler won 39% of vote last November. He captured 51% tonight to defeat a Republican backed by Gov. Brian Kemp and other GOP leaders.

"there's a new serif in town"

“…she recalls watching the Ku Klux Klan walk in the North East Christmas parade as a child in the early 1990s.” I was a counselor in training at a camp in this town in the 90s 😬😬😬

A perfect Christmas story

Jared Kushner's investment firm Affinity Partners is backing the Paramound Skydance hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, perhaps complicating the politics behind the deal. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

NEW: The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found that Trump once did the very thing he claimed could be a crime.

Running views from this morning

What does the future of news look like? Our new @pewresearch.org study shows young adults stand out: • Follow news less closely • Get news incidentally—esp. via social media • Trust social media as much as national news orgs • Have a broader definition of “journalist” Full report → pewrsr.ch/4rFixD0

Hi, I'd like to report a response option order crime

Dozens of cities across the U.S. adopted Vision Zero programs to reduce the number of pedestrian deaths. But in nearly all, deaths have risen. From @rachelsiegel25.bsky.social, Ian Duncan, @moriartymaps.com & Emmanuel Martinez: www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...

More than 80 percent of the immigrants arrested in D.C. during the surge in federal law enforcement this year had no prior criminal record, newly released federal data shows, even though that crackdown was portrayed as targeting violent crime.

Did the crossword puzzle every day for four years straight (accounting for a leap year)!!!

crap I need to get my WETA and WAMU contributions in

We got an antenna and I immediately turned on WETA and it’s Mr. Rogers and a brass band 👍👍

Donald Trump wants to be recognized as a peacemaker. His deputies obliged today by putting his name on the headquarters of the U.S. Institute of Peace, an agency that DOGE tried to kill. The new name — the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace — "adds insult to injury," said a lawyer for USIP staff.

I hope everyone who listens to their phones aloud on metro gets headphones for Christmas

motion to add "gently lean" to the party ID scale (via www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025... )

The Pentagon’s press secretary excoriated “legacy media,” especially The Washington Post, at a news conference for the Pentagon’s newly credentialed, largely right-wing media. w/ @drewharwell.com www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Donald Trump appeared to struggle to stay awake for the second time in a month on Tuesday. Trump's eyes were cumulatively closed for ~6 minutes over roughly 75 minutes, per a Post analysis of multiple video feeds. w/ @ddiamond.bsky.social & Natalie Allison www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

The birth dose has been credited for a 99 percent drop in infections in children and teens since the 1991 recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics, according to a 2023 study in the official journal of the U.S. Surgeon General.

Between the first and second acts of the theatrical version of Wicked, I went to the bathroom. Between the first and second acts of the cinematic version of Wicked, I bought a house, got married and started a new job.

Love this story (ran in print today but it’s better on web)

Don’t believe what you hear on TikTok, @michellesingletary.bsky.social knows what’s up

If the U.S. was at war, Pete Hegseth's order would be a war crime, a military lawyer said. Instead, it might just be murder. wapo.st/49KbUJ1